Dan Lewis

Go to your Facebook News Feed and you may see, in the upper right, Facebook suggests some brand Pages for you to follow.  Typically, Facebook shows two in tandem — and sometimes, the results are… well, see for yourself:
Facebook Games: Better than Facebook?

And to make matters worse, Mafia Wars isn’t even the biggest game — [...]

I found the first video tonight and watched it, kids in tow.  They loved it as much as I did, and we spent the better part of an hour watching the others found below.  Enjoy!
Violin, synced to game

Beatboxing Flute

A capella

A ruler

Two Tesla Coils

An ocarina

A really sick drum set

Stepper motors

A radio controlled toy car and a [...]

Last week, I shared ten things I learned at Internet Week NYC 2010, one of which was that Michael Jackson was probably innocent. The speech was by Anil Dash, and is now available on YouTube. You can watch it below.

Last week, I wrote up
It was well received, and I’m a feedback junkie, so I’m considering making this a regular thing.  I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.   One hint:  I shared all of these on Twitter — so if you want to learn this things as I do, it’s best to [...]

People — including organizations — respond to incentives.
But rarely do we create incentives for doing good.  Rather, we tend to create disincentives — legal liability, bad press, boycotts, etc. — for doing bad things.   We see this reflected in everyday life.  When running for political office, candidates will mention their successes, sure, but the discourse [...]

Last week was “Internet Week” here in New York, which means I went to a lot of events.  Four, in fact.   Over the course of three evenings (Monday through Wednesday) and one day-long extravaganza Friday, and learned a ton.  Here’s some of that wealth.
1) The power of good yields tears with thank yous.
At the ReadWriteWeb [...]

Facebook just served me a “Research Poll,” results above, asking me if I was planning on seeing the A-Team movie.  These polls are sponsored — I assume by the marketing force behind the movie — so I am understandibly skeptical about the “Research” aspect.  (If anyone has used this before, and my skepticism is not [...]

What do Tomek from Poland, Stephanie from Boston, David from Los Angeles, and Nathan, also from Boston, have in common?
Facebook thinks I should be friends with all of them.
And I have no idea who any of them are.
I am, of course, talking about Facebook’s Suggestions – people I should consider being friends with.   And the [...]